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Kevin Brown League
8-16-2191
Ben Dover Third Base
Retired (1975, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .820 Status Deceased (2027) Option Years 0  
H 2572 Age at Death 90 Date of Birth 02-21-1937
HR 478 Drafted Round 1, Pick 2
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(103 games)
RBI 1613
SB 279 Salary $3.42M Final Contract Year 1975
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L A  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B D- (4.7%) LF --- Arm A+ WS Appearances 4
2B D- (9.0%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 6
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 11
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1958 MON
54
204
23
43
7
1
9
24
13
 51 1 1
6
 0 14
.648
.260
.387
.176
.211
1959 MON
152
565
87
147
23
4
32
86
36
 128 1 4
17
 1 18
.789
.304
.485
.225
.260
1960 MON
152
601
82
162
23
8
29
94
34
 136 2 4
23
 7 21
.788
.309
.479
.210
.270
1961 MON
152
602
79
187
42
3
32
118
35
 144 2 8
15
 7 18
.896
.346
.550
.239
.311
1962 MON
153
619
103
165
18
2
31
98
47
 150 2 2
20
 8 16
.772
.319
.452
.186
.267
1963 MON
152
589
98
171
22
6
36
108
42
 157 1 3
16
 5 18
.868
.337
.531
.241
.290
1964 MON
134
516
78
146
26
6
31
106
45
 124 3 6
18
 4 20
.877
.340
.537
.254
.283
1965 MON
152
597
94
173
17
7
35
111
43
 136 6 3
15
 9 19
.860
.342
.518
.228
.290
1966 COL
152
598
87
151
25
7
30
107
39
 128 1 4
11
 5 18
.766
.298
.468
.216
.253
1967 MON
128
459
84
134
14
9
25
95
43
 99 0 3
18
 6 16
.876
.350
.525
.233
.292
1968 BOS
152
584
86
164
27
6
31
94
48
 141 2 3
17
 6 9
.843
.336
.507
.226
.281
1969 BOS
133
527
78
145
26
7
27
91
40
 110 2 1
14
 6 18
.833
.328
.505
.230
.275
1970 BOS
152
598
122
192
27
8
34
109
55
 105 1 6
27
 12 14
.939
.376
.564
.242
.321
1971 BOS
152
597
87
156
31
8
29
105
42
 137 3 2
22
 3 24
.798
.312
.486
.224
.261
1972 BOS
151
589
98
170
20
8
31
117
51
 125 1 4
22
 12 13
.852
.344
.508
.219
.289
1973 BOS
151
583
80
144
22
9
18
93
47
 137 2 4
11
 8 16
.712
.303
.408
.161
.247
1974 NYA-COL
136
320
43
81
14
2
12
38
28
 94 0 3
4
 4 7
.732
.311
.422
.169
.253
1975 TOR
66
169
15
41
7
0
6
19
10
 36 1 0
3
 0 5
.679
.289
.391
.148
.243
Total
2474
9317
1424
2572
391
101
478
1613
698
 2138 31 61
279
 103 284
.820
.327
.494
.218
.276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Ben Dover has retired from the Toronto Bluejays
1975-10-03The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Tim Buelow to the major league team. The Toronto Bluejays have designated Ben Dover for assignment.
1975-08-05Ben Dover of the Toronto Bluejays is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1975-04-01The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team. The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Cliff Nichols to the major league team. The Toronto Bluejays have promoted Sal Stokes to the major league team. The Toronto Bluejays have sent Norm Bell to the minors. The Toronto Bluejays have sent Jimmie Davidson to the minors.
1975-03-31Ben Dover has signed with the Toronto Bluejays for $3.42M per year for 1 year.
1974-06-11A trade has been completed between the New York Pinstripers and the Colorado Boulders. The Colorado Boulders receive Ben Dover, Manolo Sanlúcar, Draft Pick 1976 Round 1 LAN (Paul Williams) from the New York Pinstripers in exchange for Woodie Aquaduct, Chappie Shepherd. Protest This Trade.
1974-03-31The New York Pinstripers have promoted Carlos Hughes to the major league team. The New York Pinstripers have promoted Rick Wells to the major league team. The New York Pinstripers have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team. The New York Pinstripers have promoted Rich McGilvray to the major league team.
1974-03-31Ben Dover has signed with the New York Pinstripers for $4.0M per year for 1 year.
1969-09-10Ben Dover of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1968-03-29The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Glenn Clary to the minors.
1968-03-29Ben Dover has signed with the Boston Red Sox for $12.0M per year for 6 years.
1967-07-16Ben Dover of the Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
1967-03-31The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Brian Clayton to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Norm Dodson to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Bobby Machemehl to the major league team.
1967-03-31Ben Dover has signed with the Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure for $13.75M per year for 1 year.
1966-03-30The Colorado Boulders have promoted Guy Sullivan to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team. The Colorado Boulders have promoted Albert Samson to the major league team.
1966-03-30Ben Dover has signed with the Colorado Boulders for $10.1M per year for 1 year.
1964-07-05Ben Dover of the Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1958-08-25The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team.
1958-08-19The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Derrek Collins to the major league team. The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have sent Ben Dover to the minors.
1958-07-22The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have promoted Ben Dover to the major league team.
1955-03-31The Montreal Crumbling Infrastructure have renamed Lee Walters to Ben Dover.